Politics & Government

After he switched parties from Democrat to Republican, some are interested in kicking Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson out of his seat in City Hall.

The party switch comes at a curious time for Johnson. Some on Dallas City Council hope the mayor doesn’t bring his new party’s politics into the city’s business.

The Texas governor said law enforcement agencies have been deployed to handle an “invasion” at the border in his latest battle with the Biden administration.

The governor insists that the effort is necessary amid federal inaction. Civil rights groups in liberal-led cities nationwide are condemning him for using migrants as political pawns.

Now that the Texas attorney general has been reinstated, he and his supporters are gunning for their rivals in Austin. But they’re not who you might think.

Unlike in the House, which overwhelmingly voted to impeach the AG, Saturday’s votes in the Senate stuck very closely to the usual partisan lines.

Senators scheduled to resume deliberations Saturday morning.

The married Republican faces several allegations, including claims that he had an extramarital affair. Clearly, Texans are prepared to handle the news in the serious manner it deserves.

Many Texas Republicans are backing Ken Paxton, but other Lone Star conservatives are condemning the embattled attorney general.

Abbott fought back against the temporary injunction preventing Texas from building more of the orange buoy barriers and from placing structures in the Rio Grande.

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More conservative whistleblowers testified, painting a picture of the suspended AG as a man more interested in protecting a friend than serving the state.

Two of the suspended AG’s top lieutenants testified against him, highlighting the extent to which real estate developer Nate Paul’s interests infiltrated the OAG.

House Bill 2127, Senate Bill 12 and House Bill 900 had all been scheduled to take effect on Friday, Sept. 1. Some judges, however, aren’t quite ready for them.

State Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, told the Observer about his concerns regarding the $18 billion package.

In a letter last week, more than 100 faith leaders warned the state’s school districts against letting chaplains serve as counselors on campus.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been battling with the White House over his controversial border tactics. One photographer got a look at how far some families will go to reach America.

The pageant queen is vying for House District 112 north of Dallas, a seat long held by GOP state Rep. Angie Chen Button.

Demonstrators at Texas Woman’s University chanted: “Greg Abbott, you can’t hide / We charge you with genocide.”

Texas’ Republican attorney general will face an impeachment trial in the state Senate next month, but that doesn’t mean he’s not making waves now.

The Republican governor issued a press release Friday lauding Operation Lone Star for stopping “criminals at President Biden’s open border.”

The conversation between state Rep. Jeff Leach and Michelle Smith, a senior adviser to the attorney general, grew heated at times.